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Developer and engineering manager at large

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  • October 10, 2007

    Alex the cognitive parrot

    Wherein the talking parrot outsmarts the four-year old

  • October 10, 2007

    "Business" lunch

    Wherein I photograph my dog at lunch

  • October 9, 2007

    Making the simple complex

    Wherein I express my dislike for the generic

  • October 8, 2007

    Making sense of Fitts' Law

    Particle Tree has an excellent article on Fitts’ Law. That’s the one that, amongst other thing, leads to putting the Dock and Start Menu buttons on the edges of the screen. You definitely want to check it out, if only for the terrific images used as demonstration, like this one: Of course, if you’re more […]

  • August 28, 2007

    Nielsen Symphony No. 4

    Still the most difficult orchestral piece I’ve played (though I played it quite poorly at the time): Gotta love the dueling timpani. And insanely difficult string runs.

  • August 27, 2007

    Syndication is solved

    “Twitter RSS in XSLT FTW”:http://ftrain.com/xslt_001.html: bq. You know how the Iraq War solved 9/11? That’s how RSS 2.0 solved syndication.

  • August 26, 2007

    Lion head scroll

    Charles Mingus had what must be the coolest double bass on the planet: Photo credit: tm_marcello

  • August 26, 2007

    Check your head

    Paul Graham’s latest essay returns to the ground that first made me notice and hold him in high regard. Holding a Program in One’s Head delves into what kind of intellectual exercise software development is (one that requires focused and uninterrupted thinking) and then goes on to provide a bunch of guidelines for effective programmer […]

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